Curtain-fixture



(No Model,)

L. A. MALLORY.

CURTAIN FIXTURE. No. 327,287. I Patented Sept.v 29, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

LEWIS A. MALLORY, OF SULLIVAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TC; ROBERT H. BAIRD, OF WVELLINGTON, OHIO.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,281, dated September 29, 1885.

Application filed May 8, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: The working of this dcviceis as follows: The

Be it known that I, LEWIS A. MALLORY, of curtain or shade is rolled upon the roller, Sullivan, in the county of Ashland and State while the cord is not rolled on the wheel. of Ohio, have invented certain new and use- Now by pulling the curtain downunrolling ,ful Improvements in Curtain Fixtures, of itthe cord is wound upon the wheel as fast which the following is a specification. as the curtain is unrolled. The tension of the This invention relates to curtain fixtures; cord on the button retains the curtain at any and it consists of asimplc means of raising the height at which it may be desired. curtain with a cord connected with the roller To draw up the curtain, the cord is pulled in such a manner that the friction of the cord downward, thereby rotating the roller and rolled around a button fixed to the windowwinding the curtain thereon. frame will holdthe curtain at any given height More or less friction may be obtained by desired. winding the cord more or less times around My invention consists of the combination, the button, not more than will allow the cord with the curtain and the roller, of a cord atto slip on the button as the curtain or cord is tached to the roller and passed over pulleys pulled. and a button, as hereinafter described, and I am aware that it is old to operate :1 ourparticularlypointed outinthe claim. tain-roller by means of a cord wound on a In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is spool on the end of the roller, and also that a front view of a window having my curtainfriction devices have been applied to such fixture attached, and Fig. 2 is a vertical secrollers to prevent the curtain from unwinding tion of same. by its own weight.

A is a curtain or window-shade secured to a Having described my invention, I claimroller, B, which is suspended in bearings to The combination,with the roller, B, of the the window-frame by small brackets 12, in the shade or curtain A, provided with the grooved usual manner. The roller B is provided with wheel 0, of the cord D, attached to said wheel a grooved wheel, 0, to which is attached one and passing over pulley or ring E, and wound end of a cord, D. Said cord passes upward around button F, the friction whereof retains and over a pulleyor througharing, E, thence the curtain at any given height desired, as to and is wound a few times around the neck shown and described. ofa button, F, with the end hanging in convenient position for manipulation. LEVIS f L The button F may be located at the center of the top of the window-frame, or at one side, as maybe desired.

\Vitnesses:

J. H. DIOKSON, J. T. HASKELL. 

